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.@NEONrated’s Hope opened to $5M over five days, the biggest U.S. debut ever for a Korean film; it has made $35M in South Korea, per Comic Basics. comicbasics.com/hope-just-ga…

Vernon Wells joined Witchcraft: The Lantern of Light, the next installment in the long-running occult horror franchise, per HorrorFuel. horrorfuel.com/2026/09/14/ac…

VMI International launched TIFF Market sales on Cassi, Josh Webber’s thriller starring Dove Cameron and @RjMitte, per @DEADLINE. deadline.com/2026/09/dove-ca…

.@vertical_film has acquired U.S. rights to the $100 million Cliffhanger reboot and is targeting a spring 2027 theatrical release after Row K's collapse, per @WorldOfReel. worldofreel.com/blog/2026/9/…

.@netflix has confirmed a live-action Stranger Things spinoff remains in development while preparing a filmed version of The First Shadow and Tales From ’85 Season 2, per Inside the Magic. insidethemagic.net/2026/09/o…

.@Shudder set V.H.S. Mixtape for an Oct. 9, 2026 premiere, with Ernest Dickerson directing a segment featuring Mike Ferguson, RZA, David Moreau, Renee Zhan, Tobias Forge and GWAR, per @HorrorSociety. horrorsociety.com/2026/09/14…

Luke Speakman has joined The Heretiks, an invasion horror from Hellraiser writers Luke Piotrowski and Ben Collins, directed by Gregg Bishop, per @Collider. collider.com/weapons-star-lu…

Spencer Keller has wrapped principal photography on When Emma Came Home, his feature debut about a missing girl whose return fractures a murder mystery, per @screenanarchy. screenanarchy.com/2026/09/wh…

Courteney Cox is eyeing the Scream 8 director's chair as @ParamountPics and @spyglassmediagr keep the sequel in script phase after Scream 7 grossed $214 million worldwide, per @iHorrorNews. ihorror.com/courteney-cox-di…

Daisy Ridley, Lucien Laviscount, Josh Duhamel and Sharlto Copley will star in The Good Samaritan, with international sales secured ahead of fall production, per @Variety. variety.com/2026/film/global…

.@mayhem_festival has set its 22nd edition at Broadway, Nottingham, with Grind and No Way Down opening and Mārama, Gaua, The Whisper and Crawlers closing, per Bloody Flicks. bloody-flicks.co.uk/2026/09/…

.@netflix is developing a Diablo animated series as @blizzard_ent tees up Diablo V, extending the franchise across streaming and games, per @joblocom. joblo.com/diablo-animated-se…

Jessica Rothe and Chris Landon have fully broken Happy Death Day 3, awaiting financing from @UniversalPics and @blumhouse as the sequel returns to active development, per @DEADLINE. deadline.com/2026/09/happy-d…

ScreamWire | Vertical Rescues the $100M Cliffhanger Reboot, Paramount Primal Takes The Troop & Wonderlab Taps Jon Cohen (Mon. September 14) Plus, Precious Metal and Black Fawn lock a three-picture Canadian genre slate… screamwire.com/digests/2026-…

Precious Metal Productions and @blackfawndistro locked a three-picture Canadian genre slate, led by a Christopher Giroux horror feature targeting an early 2027 start, per @DEADLINE. deadline.com/2026/09/canada-…

.@TIFF_NET Midnight Madness title Kick On completed a 20-day shoot with 1,536 setups and real stunts. @1umbrella has Australia-New Zealand theatrical rights, per @Variety. variety.com/2026/film/global…

Scarlett Johansson plays a cop-mother pulled into a Satanic serial-killer case in Mike Flanagan’s The Exorcist: Martyrs, with Chiwetel Ejiofor, Laurence Fishburne and Diane Lane co-starring, per The People's Movies. thepeoplesmovies.com/new-plo…

Apple TV renewed Widow's Bay for season 2 after the horror-comedy won eight early Emmys from 19 nominations, with comedy series and lead actor races still pending, per SSBCrack. news.ssbcrack.com/widows-bay…

.@Shudder set Nicholas Pineda’s found-footage debut Infirmary for October 2 as part of its Season of Screams launch, per @iHorrorNews. ihorror.com/infirmary-traile…

.@maddieevanactor leads Pendle 1612, a docu-horror feature beginning production in Lancashire this September about Britain’s 1612 witch trials, per @DEADLINE. deadline.com/2026/09/house-o…